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Associate Professor Melissa Crouch

My Expertise

law and society; law and politics in Southeast Asia, particularly Myanmar and Indonesia; comparative constitutional law; comparative administrative law; criminal law; law and religion in Southeast Asia, including Islam and Buddhism; law and development

Associate, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne

Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, National University of Singapore

Editorial Board, Southeast Asia Publication Series, NUS Press

Editorial Board, Women in Asia Publication Series, Routledge

Member, Law and Society Association; Asian Studies Association of Australia; Asian Law and Society Association; International Society of Constitutional Law; Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies

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Biography

Melissa Crouch is Associate Professor and Associate Dean Research at the Law School, UNSW. She established and runs the Southeast Asia Law & Policy Forum at UNSW Law. She teaches and researches on law and religion, law and governance, and comparative constitutional law, with a specialisation on Southeast Asia. She has been awarded numerous grants and awards, including the Endeavour Australia Research Fellowship; University of Indonesia...view more

Melissa Crouch is Associate Professor and Associate Dean Research at the Law School, UNSW. She established and runs the Southeast Asia Law & Policy Forum at UNSW Law. She teaches and researches on law and religion, law and governance, and comparative constitutional law, with a specialisation on Southeast Asia. She has been awarded numerous grants and awards, including the Endeavour Australia Research Fellowship; University of Indonesia Visiting Fellowship; and the University of Melbourne Kathleen Fitzpatrick Visiting Fellowship. Melissa is Chief Investigator on an ARC Discovery Grant on "Constitutional Change in Authoritarian Regimes" (2018-2021). This study builds on two of her previous major research projects on constitutionalism: her doctoral research on constitutionalism, courts and religion in Indonesia, and her postdoctoral research on constitutionalism and the courts in Myanmar and Southeast Asia more broadly.

Melissa is the Secretary of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), the peak academic body for Asian studies in Australia. She is also the Secretary of the Association for Mainland Southeast Asia Scholars (AMSEAS). She is an advisor on the Indonesian Law Practicum of the Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS); an Associate of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne; and a member of the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law. Melissa is a career champion for the Australia Indonesia Youth Association, and you can find more about her expertise on Indonesian Law here.

Supervision

I am interested in considering proposals for research supervision in the following areas: comparative constitutional law; law and society; law and development; law and religion. This includes Indonesian law (constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, legal pluralism and Islamic law); Myanmar law (public and private law, legal pluralism and socio-legal studies); and Southeast Asian law and legal traditions, comparative or socio-legal studies on the region. I am available to supervise LLB, LLM, JD and PhD research thesis.

Existing PhD supervision:

Ashraf Azad, 'Irregular Migration of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh and Malaysia'

My Research Activities

I am interested in considering proposals for research supervision in the following areas: comparative constitutional law; law and society; law and development; law and religion. This includes Indonesian law (constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, legal pluralism and Islamic law); Myanmar law (public and private law, legal pluralism and socio-legal studies); and Southeast Asian law and legal traditions, comparative or socio-legal studies on the region. I am available to supervise LLB, LLM and PhD research thesis.

Existing PhD supervision:

Ashraf Azad, 'Irregular Migration of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh and Malaysia

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

I am interested in considering proposals for research supervision in the following areas: comparative constitutional law; law and development; law and religion. This includes Indonesian law (constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, legal pluralism and Islamic law); Myanmar law (public and private law, legal pluralism and socio-legal studies); and Southeast Asian law and legal traditions, comparative or socio-legal studies on the region. I am available to supervise LLB, LLM and PhD research thesis.

Currently supervising

Ashraf Azad, 'Irregular Migration of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh and Malaysia

Senior Associate, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne

Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, National University of Singapore

Editorial Board, Southeast Asia Publication Series, ASAA, NUS Press

Editorial Board, Women in Asia Publication Series, ASAA, Routledge

Member, Law and Society Association; Asian Studies Association of Australia; Asian Law and Society Association; International Society of Constitutional Law; Australian Association of Islamic and Muslim Studies;

My Teaching

My teaching interests include Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Constitution-making; Law and Development; Administrative Law; Asian Legal Systems; Law and Religion; and Law and Society. I have taught a range of workshops overseas, including on Judicial Independence; Principles and Processes of Constitution-making; The Role of Courts in Democratisation; Constitutional Courts in Federal Systems; Federalism and Minority Rights; Emergency Powers. At UNSW, I have taught Principles of Public Law (LAWS1141). I also teach the following electives: The Rule of Law in Southeast Asia (LAWS3167; JURD7567); Islamic Law and Society (LAWS3165; JURD7865) and Indonesian Law (LAWS3139). At UNSW, I have taught Principles of Public Law (LAWS1141). I also teach the following electives: The Rule of Law in Southeast Asia (LAWS3167; JURD7567); Islamic Law and Society (LAWS3165; JURD7865) and Indonesian Law (LAWS3139)